Photo Manipulation

Almost anyone can modify an image, but not everyone can do it well or complete a complex task. Whether it's enhancement and restoration, or colorization and transformation, the techniques are displayed here.

Age Simulation

Worth1000.com had a contest back in 2005 for photo aging. Unfortunately, my files didn't upload correctly and in time, so I was never entered into the competition for judging. The young boy was lost at sea at age 17, and I aged the original photo to represent his teenage years. Here's the photo I worked from:

And this is what I thought he might have looked like:

Greyscale to Color

Given a black and white photo to colorize is a tricky task when trying to portray natural lighting and even shades and tones. The before and after:

Fraudulent Photograph

Hoaxes require well-executed forgeries in order to be believable. I don't advocate unethical deceit, but they can be great for practical jokes. Below I took two photos and stitched them together, making a fictitious relationship:

Parody

KILLoggs teams up with Saddam Hussein to create a cereal with the slogan, "An Explosion You Can Taste!" (Not approved by the FDA)

City Daydreams

Just a mixed bag of tricks- fancy overlays, expressively vibrant hues, and other miscellaneous techniques.

Self-portrait

Blurred a photo of myself and did a bit of painting (in photoshop) to enhance the feeling.

AutoScanography

Two pieces selected from my Autoscanography series. Gloomy surrealism.